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Thirty years ago, when the international community marked the first World AIDS Day, we thought we would never turn the tide against HIV. But after millions of deaths and years of fear, we now have effective strategies to prevent transmission and bring testing and treatment to those in need

26 декабря 2018 4 мин. 5148

To produce $1 of GDP Turkmenistan uses 43 times more water than Spain

I was invited to speak at the World Youth Forum-2018 this November. Although I was sharing the platform with such internationally esteemed co-panellists as Emmy-nominated environmentalist Philip Cousteau-Jr and Egypt’s Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Dr Mohammed El Aaty, I couldn’t possibly anticipate the level of interest our water-centric discussion ended up generating

25 декабря 2018 9 мин. 10742

The Referendum Risk

Now that British Prime Minister Theresa May, facing certain defeat, has postponed Parliament’s vote on the deal she concluded with the European Union last month on the United Kingdom’s departure from the bloc, the case for a “people’s vote” – a second Brexit referendum – is gaining ground. But is a referendum really the right mechanism for settling political issues that the people’s elected representatives cannot or will not?

24 декабря 2018 5 мин. 7859

Trump’s Anti-Service Economy

In the nineteenth century, more than 70% of American workers were farmers. By 2017, that figure was under 2%. In 1970, about 32% of private employment was in goods-producing industries. By 2018, that figure was 13.5%. The dynamic sectors of the American economy are in services, though US President Donald Trump, with his fixation on old manufacturing industries, doesn’t seem to have grasped that

21 декабря 2018 5 мин. 7879

America's Wealthiest Celebrities 2018: George Lucas Leads Kylie Jenner, Jay-Z With $5.4 Billion Net Worth

Fame and fortune can go hand in hand—at least for a select few. Star Wars creator George Lucas leads this year's ranking of America's richest celebrities with a net worth of $5.4 billion thanks largely to the fortune he pocketed when his Lucasfilm production company sold to Disney for $4.1 billion in 2012

20 декабря 2018 3 мин. 8698

Living in a City Turns You Into a Cannibal

Cities hold the rey to food sustainability

19 декабря 2018 5 мин. 5555

The Political Roots of Falling Wage Growth

It’s now official: workers around the world are falling behind. The International Labor Organization’s (ILO) latest Global Wage Report finds that, excluding China, real (inflation-adjusted) wages grew at an annual rate of just 1.1% in 2017, down from 1.8% in 2016. That is the slowest pace since 2008